What Goes on Tour Stays on Tour


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Renowned English rugby player Brian Moore recalls his mischievous misadventures on tour, and provides hard-won tips to avoid trouble.




The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs


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This unique and thoroughly revised collection contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, drawing on the resources of the Oxford Languages team for the most up-to-date research. Lively and compelling, it is filled with favourites - old and new - with a strong emphasis on meanings of proverbs catalogued.




The Good Girlfriend's Guide to Getting Even


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A hilarious romantic comedy from the author of The Bucket List to Mend a Broken Heart 'Romantic and refreshing' Mhairi McFarlane 'A fun, bouncy, brilliant tale' Heat 'Funny, relatable and fabulously written' Daily Express 'Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella' Take a Break When Lexi's sport-mad boyfriend Will skips her friend's wedding to watch football - after pretending to have food poisoning - it might just be the final whistle for their relationship. But fed up of just getting mad, Lexi decides to even the score. And, when a couple of lost tickets and an 'accidentally' broken television lead to them spending extra time together, she's delighted to realise that revenge might be the best thing that's happened to their relationship. And if her clever acts of sabotage prove to be a popular subject for her blog, what harm can that do? It's not as if he'll ever find out . . .




Rugby For Dummies


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Now updated–a practical guide to understanding rugby, North American—style Filled with illustrations and photographs of drills and shape-up exercises, Rugby For Dummies tackles North American rugby rules, levels of play, and how to coach junior players as well as adults. This revised edition includes the scoop on the fall 2007 rugby World Cup in France, expanded coverage of women’s rugby, and updated information on North America's best players and teams.




Hypomanic- Mad in England


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Hypomanic is one person's vivid account of how they became aware of the existence of Hypomania through excessive study & the experimentation of recreational drugs inside a hedonistic orientated work life balance. As with many misery memoirs, the protagonist has to be destroyed before finding redemption and therefore unveiling the insights to successfully overcoming the adversity. In this case, which is pre-diagnosis of bipolar by almost eighteen months, the book will demonstrate the full anatomy of a nervous breakdown from a holistic point of view and across a wide range of issues. It is written in the first person as a diary account of what happened to the author age 22 while at University and why he thinks it happened, looking back at 1995, fifteen years post event and with a diagnosis of bipolar. There are also detailed accounts of what roles close friends and family members played during the downfall and subsequent comeback of the main character. It is not a self help book per se, it belongs among the story section because this book enthralls as much as it educates. It is a message to healthy young people with hedonistic outlooks, their friends and their families. It is a classic clinical scenario of exactly what happens to everyone involved with a stress induced Hypomanic episode and therefore how to avoid the experience before it happens or prepare for coping with it, if a diagnosis of bipolar has already occurred.




Matt Dawson's Lions Tales


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Matt Dawson's Lions Tales gives rugby fans a satisfying dose of wonderful Lions anecdotes, epic stories of triumph and despair, of camaraderie and controversy, and stirring examples of that special bond that only competing in the white heat of battle, halfway round the world, against the mighty All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks, can engender. Lions Tales is peppered with insight and laugh-out-loud moments, dredged from the memory banks of Dawson's own time in the iconic red shirt, and also from his keen interest in the Lions' remarkable 125-year traditions.




So Tell Me What You Want


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1987. Armed with a Filofax, a brick of a mobile phone and steely determination, 20-year-old Nicki Chapman is walking through the seedy streets of Soho towards her first job in the music biz. But how did Nicki go from being a looked-over assistant running promo packages over to BBC Radio 1 to a judge on Pop Idol with 15 million viewers tuning in for the nail-biting moment Will Young triumphed over Gareth Gates? Everyone knows there were the kingmakers in the heady days of 90s British pop music, but this is a queen's side of the story; a down-to-earth, no-nonsense team player who fought to make it in an industry that was very much a man's world. Empowering, entertaining and sprinkled with stardust, Nicki's inspirational behind-the-scenes story takes in the rocketing highs and heart-breaking lows of promoting, managing and touring with the Spice Girls, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Take That, Billie Piper, Phil Collins and S Club 7, all whilst confronting chauvinism and smashing through the career glass ceiling.




Inspiring Journeys of Pilgrim Mothers


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The Inspiring Journeys of Pilgrim Mothers shares and celebrates the uplifting stories of nine Pilgrim Mothers Jane met on her personal pilgrimage: women founding a New World; women with mighty missions; courageous in the face of adversity; mindful of their families; adding value to their communities; and leaving lasting legacies.




This Is Going to Hurt


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In the US edition of this international bestseller, Adam Kay channels Henry Marsh and David Sedaris to tell us the "darkly funny" (The New Yorker) -- and sometimes horrifying -- truth about life and work in a hospital. Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships. Welcome to the life of a first-year doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the front lines of medicine. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking by turns, this is everything you wanted to know -- and more than a few things you didn't -- about life on and off the hospital ward. And yes, it may leave a scar.




Between the Lines


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'This story gets hold of you and makes you shudder' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The closer you are, the less you see . . . _______ It's Christmas Eve. Disillusioned literary agent Kev Parker is ready to meet his girlfriend's family for the first time. His life is about to change - but not in the way he expected... When Kev's girlfriend is killed in a hit-and-run, his whole world shatters. Life moves on. Or at least, it tries to. Haunted by his past, Kev attempts to put the pieces of his life back together, throwing himself into his new relationship with Stella and his job. Then a book lands on his desk, by aspiring author Isabelle Morton, that changes everything. And he quickly realises that his nightmare has only just begun. Between the Lines is a darkly gripping psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Teresa Driscoll, K.L Slater and Shalini Bolland. _______ Readers LOVE S. J. Butler's BETWEEN THE LINES: 'An extraordinarily fantastic literary thriller' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Plenty of twists to keep you guessing! Just brilliant' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Gritty, well written, a real page turner' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'The finale is quite something' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Makes the reader think more deeply about the themes of identity, loss, perception and self-perception. Highly recommended' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Great twists and turns . . . Can't wait to read more of S. J Butlers books!!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'An excellent debut novel, I couldn't put this down! A definite must read' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐